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August 11, 2011

RB 1/8th off-road tyres

Seen for the first time at the recent 1/8 scale nitro off-road European Championship in Sand/Germany, the new line of RB buggy tyres becomes available very soon. Coming in the form of three different medium to fine threads and in supersoft, soft and medium compound the tyres already showed their performance, with the only 11 lap run of the event was done using the RB Dragon thread. The tyres come either pre-glued on dish rims or as rubber only including a multi-purpose insert.

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August 11, 2011

Team Losi Racing 22T stadium truck

Following closely on the heels of the 22 Buggy Kit, the 22T Truck Kit will posses the same unique design of the 22 allowing it to be the first truck in the industry to include both a rear and mid motor completion option in the same kit. Having both of these options opens up the potential for the 22T because different parts of the country benefit from different chassis configurations, varying tracks styles and layouts as well as indoor vs. outdoor tracks. The 22 and 22T share a majority of the same parts with about only 15% of the total parts listing being new. The hard anodised aluminium chassis, stadium truck-length 12mm big bore shocks, adjustable front kick, oversized rear outer bearing, bolt-on camber blocks are just a few of the features that make the 22T different from the 22 buggy as well as a force to be reckoned with in 1/10-scale 2WD truck racing. Like the 22 buggy the 22T is packed full of innovation and expert TLR engineering.

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August 11, 2011

Lemieux & Larcher win ROAR national titles

Thunder Power RC got in touch to tell us that their team driver Paul Lemieux as well as Michel Larcher have won national titles at the recent ROAR paved on-road nationals. Thunder Power RC team driver Paul Lemieux swept the modified TC class with the Z3RTM 540 Brushless 4.0T motor, G6 Pro Race 65C battery and a TP610C charger while Michael Larcher won the Vintage Trans Am class championship with the Z3R Brushless 21.5T motor.

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August 11, 2011

Victorian State electric off-road titles report

The Victorian State electric off-road titles were held in Mildura, Victoria Australia on the 6th and 7th of August. Drivers from all over Australia attended this great race meeting to claim the prestigious Victorian titles. Classes held were 2WD Stock, 2WD 540, 2WD Mod, 4wd Stock, 4WD 540, 4WD Mod, SCT, Truck Stock and Truck Modified. With over 190+ entries the racing was split up over twee days with 4WD and Truck on the Saturday and SCT and 2WD on the Sunday.

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August 11, 2011

T.O.P. Sabre FD Mini

Coming soon from T.O.P. Racing is the Sabre FD Mini chassis based on the successful Sabre FD 1/10 scale FWD touring car. The gear driven M-type chassis features a carbon fibre chassis plate, a red anodised bulkhead and motor mount and the power is transferred to the front wheels using a ball differential. To make use of most of today’s M-type body shells the chassis allows for short M05-class or longer Japanese standard mini class wheelbase settings by simply flipping the rear suspension arms and upper bulkhead covers.

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August 11, 2011

Xray RX8 Ultimate Racing Springs

Xray release their new line of Ultimate Racing Springs for front and rear shock absorbers. All feature the same thickness wire with the stiffness being controlled by the number of coils. Softer springs with lower “C“ value have more coils whereas stiffer springs with higher “C“ value have fewer coils. They come black coated and the top of each spring is laser engraved with spring size for quick and easy identification. Available as a pair of C7.0 to C10.0 front and C5.0 and C5.6 rear springs, each one is individually measured, controlled, inspected and matched to provide identical damping characteristics. Also available is a progressive C9.0 spring marked as 7-9 that feature a progressive rating from 7.0 to 9.0 while being compressed, making the car steer better at the beginning of the corner, and resist rolling in the middle of the corner because the spring becomes harder. Recommended for medium-high traction tracks.

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August 11, 2011

X Factory X-7 news

Chazz Sinclair of X Factory got in touch to tell us about their recent progress with the new X-7 4WD buggies they made. This weekend will set a milestone for the Gen 5.1 called prototypes as they are raced in two very important races – one of which is the ROAR National Championship at NorCal Hobbies.

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August 10, 2011

Dario Balestri joins Contact Tyres

Contact Tyres are very proud to announce that top Italian driver Dario Balestri has joined their international team. During practice at the 1/8th European Championship in Luxembourg Dario tested Contact Tyres and the performance prompted him to choose our brand for the rest of the year and for 2012. He has already shown great pace with Contact tyres, TQ’ing In Luxembourg, winning his semi final and starting from pole in the main. Dario will compete next week at the 1/10th European Championship in Ettlingen, with Contact brand manager Piero Torregiani there also to support him and all Contact drivers and customers.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]